Total Crime Rate

134.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

67.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 134.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 67.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.9 9/10
  • Burglary 10.3 9/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Theft from the person 5.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pool Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Canol Tref Caernarfon , and the 69th highest crime rate of 395 local areas in Gwynedd .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pool Street (LL55 2AF) in the last 12 months was 134.0 per 1,000 residents and was 63.5% lower than the Canol Tref Caernarfon average (366.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 67.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pool Street (LL55 2AF), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Pool Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Penllyn Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rhes Cwstenin Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rhes Cwstenin Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rhes Cwstenin Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rhes Cwstenin Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Henwalia
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Penllyn Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Penllyn Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Penllyn Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Penllyn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Penllyn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Rhes Assheton Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Penllyn Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Penllyn
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bridge Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Pool Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pool Lane
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stryd Y Porth Mawr Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rhes Assheton

Data Sources

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